Sheriff's detectives, initially tight-lipped about the case, today said Ashley Schmitz, 21, and mother Cheryl Schmitz, 54, were both shot in the face as they waited for 19-year-old Daniel Schmitz, Cheryl's son, to return from a Woodburrow Road home with stolen marijuana.

Woodburrow Road extends south from Highway 44 in Shingletown. Several homes in the sparsely populated area appeared empty or abandoned and the neighborhood smelled of marijuana Tuesday afternoon.

Sheriff's detectives responded to Shasta Regional Medical Center at about 5 a.m. Monday after hospital staffers notified them the two women were seeking treatment for gunshot wounds. Daniel Schmitz wasn't injured in the shooting, Grashoff said.

The women were flown to UC Davis Medical Center for further treatment. Grashoff said they were released Monday night.

The trio may face criminal charges for the theft, though Grashoff said that determination would be made sometime later by the Shasta County District Attorney's Office.

"As of right now, that is still being looked at. It's always a possibility down the road," he said. "Right now our main focus is there's somebody up in Shingletown that shot this mother and daughter."

Deputies have yet to identify a suspect in the shooting and are asking anyone with information to call Major Crimes at 245-6135. Grashoff said Secret Witness of Shasta County will also be offering a reward.

He also urged county residents exercise extra caution when they discover a suspected marijuana grow. Anyone who comes across a grow site should leave the area and call deputies.

"It's that time of year, it's harvest season," Grashoff said."These guys that are protecting the grows are protecting their interests."

Sheriff's investigators released little on the case Monday, not naming the victims, their ages, conditions, a suspect, or specifying whether a suspect has been identified at all.

Sheriff's dispatch logs from the shooting are likewise sparse but do offer a bit more information than was initially released by investigators Monday. The logs were posted to the county's website today.

According to the logs, the shooting victims told deputies that around 2:45 a.m. Monday a man approached a parked vehicle, told them to leave and fired a single shotgun blast into the driver's side door. The victims were sitting in the parked vehicle.

The names of the victims, reporting party and location of the shooting are all redacted from the printed dispatch logs. The shooting was identified by matching the case number from the call to the number listed on a sheriff's news release.

Monday's incident was the fourth shooting in as many days in the north state.

On Saturday, a Stockton resident who police said is a documented gang member was arrested on suspicion of shooting a man in Redding, though the man wasn't seriously hurt.

Three men also were shot that same day near a party on Churn Creek Road, but sustained only minor injuries.

And on Friday, a fatal shooting happened in Trinity County, where a man was killed in Hayfork after being shot in the chest that evening, deputies said.